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Book and Periodicals - Newspaper original photostats, Vol. 5

Item

Title

Book and Periodicals - Newspaper original photostats, Vol. 5

Creator

Perkins, George A., Mrs., 1799-1884 See all items with this value

Date

1909-04

Abstract

Letter written by Julia Adelaide Shepard (later Mrs. George A. Perkins), eye-witness to Lincoln's assasination, to her father, telling of events at Ford's Theatre, waiting with cousins for news, and the difference between celebrations of the week prior, with the mourning after the assassination.

Description

Negative photostat of article "Lincoln's Assassination, Told by an Eye-Witness", published in Century Magazine

Temporal Coverage

1900s See all items with this value

Subject

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077082 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination See all items with this value

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79061239 Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 See all items with this value

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015004600 Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C. : 1861-1865) See all items with this value

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2023011908 Harris, Clara Hamilton, 1834-1883 See all items with this value

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94033155 Rathbone, Henry Reed, 1837-1911 See all items with this value

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50001408 Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872 See all items with this value

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85101195 Photographs See all items with this value

Format

PDF

Source

Frederick L. Black Papers

Rights

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Rights Holder

Oakland University

Identifier

OU_SC_BLACK_07_03_44

Type

Text See all items with this value

Item sets

Frederick L. Black papers

Books and Periodicals

Box 7, Folder 3